Royal Phoenix

The Royal Phoenix was a schooner captained by the infamous pirate Jack Rackham during the Golden Age of Piracy. In 1718, the pirates Edward Kenway and Charles Vane decided to use the drunkard Rackham's ship as a makeshift fireship to break through the Royal Navy's blockade of Nassau, securing gunpowder and pine pitch. The schooner was launched at the Royal Navy ships blockading the port, creating a large explosion that cleared the way for Vane, Rackham, and Kenway to escape Nassau.